Pousse

surname · Latin script

Meaning: clipping of pousse-pousse (“rickshaw”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/pus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Pousse is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 57K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.6M
  • ESSpain≈1 in 1.9M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

clipping of pousse-pousse (“rickshaw”)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pousse counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pousse is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈1,200 est.≈1 in 57K158Pousse176
ES Spain≈27 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Pousse2
DZ Algeria≈26 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Pousse2
US United States≈8 est.≈1 in 40MlistedPousse9
BE Belgium≈3 est.≈1 in 4.2M—Pousse2
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3Pousse6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pousse is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Pöüssë

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina

    Also written Pôùssé

  • Arabic surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria

    Also written Pöüssë, Pōūššë, Pôùssé, Põùssé, Põûssë

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Pousse is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Norādījums vadīt lociņu no lejas uz augšu

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000André Pousse, b. 1919Jean-Claude Pousse, b. 1939Pauline Pousse, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Pousse, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Pousse
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961233—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951228—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981200—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971179—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941171—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991158—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931139—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189161—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pousse mean, and where does it come from?
clipping of pousse-pousse (“rickshaw”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Pousse?
A machine transcription gives /pus/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Pousse have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Pousse in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pousse.
How common is the name Pousse?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Pousse in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pousse”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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